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Castle Sween
Findspot, Arrowhead (Flint), Carved Stone Ball (Neolithic)
Site Name Castle Sween
Classification Findspot, Arrowhead (Flint), Carved Stone Ball (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 39029
Site Number NR77NW 1.01
NGR NR 7123 7883
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39029
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Knapdale
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR77NW 1.01 7123 7883
A Neolithic 6-knobbed stone ball, 2 7/8" in diameter, found between the SW wall of the courtyard of Castle Sween and the square W tower, during excavations by the Ministy of Works, and three medieval brooches and implements are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] (Accession nos: AS 191, HX 236 - 241).
A barbed-and-tanged arrowhead, from below the gate on the outer side, was reported sent to Ministry of Works [MoW], Stirling ? c. 1927.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1940; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
